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Article | 25/08/2010 TRENDnet Dual WAN Advanced VPN Router (TW100-BRV324)

A metal box with all the plugs in the back and status lights on the front, the TRENDnet Dual WAN Advanced VPN Router offers four 10/100 Fast Ethernet ...

Article | 19/11/2009 Netbooks in the enterprise: Get ready

Netbooks in the enterprise are coming, some observers believe. And whether it takes a year or five for netbooks to catch on in Corporate America, it b...

Article | 30/09/2009 Backup here, backup there, backup everywhere

Nag, nag, nag is what I feel like sometimes when talking about backups, but I'm compelled to help people in spite of themselves. The bottom line is si...

Article | 3/09/2009 The Wacky World of WiFi

In honor of the 802.11n WiFi standard getting close to arriving after wandering through the desert for 40 years, let's look at wireless. Our focus tod...

Article | 29/07/2009 To tape or not to tape, that is the question

Mention Shakespeare and everyone spouts "To be or not to be." Mention backup, and the question becomes, "To tape or not to tape?" Is tape dead, or do ...

Article | 15/07/2009 Seven ways to improve your e-mail messages

You are judged by the writing style, tone, language, and mistakes in your e-mails every single day. We're all so optimistic we believe people will ove...

Article | 1/07/2009 Choosing between netbooks and notebooks

What goes up must come down, and lately what's coming down are netbooks, as more and more articles talk about the compact computers disappointing cust...

Article | 28/05/2009 Transferring files without e-mail

E-mail and the Mazda Miata are both great examples of successful products, but they share a similar weakness: neither can carry much baggage. If you w...

Article | 21/05/2009 Adventures in e-mail marketing

A writer's group I belong to wants to put on a conference this summer. Since I've written about two of the leading e-mail marketing services, Constant...

Article | 14/05/2009 Full disk encryption comes to workgroups

Losing your laptop can be expensive in three ways. First, you'll spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to replace the hardware. Second, you'll suffer...

Article | 6/11/2008 How small businesses can win in the tight economy

Those of you running hedge funds and getting bonus checks north of US$20 million should be nervous about your jobs if you still have them. Those of us...

Article | 24/10/2008 Get more work done with less e-mail

Here's a statistical downer: there will be around 40 trillion inbox-clogging spam e-mail messages delivered this year. Experts know this because there...

Article | 12/09/2008 Can your business run completely online?

The world's richest and most powerful 10-year-old says it can handle far more of your technology needs than you think. Google started almost exactly 1...

Article | 23/07/2008 SBS 2008: Same old bundle with new Vista wrapper

With network-attached storage devices selling for just a few hundred bucks per terabyte, and online service providers offering e-mail and full product...

Article | 13/06/2008 Laptop safety questions

Let me say thanks to the Women's Business Council of the Southwest for inviting me to teach them about laptop safety. The business backgrounds of the ...

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